Things to do for December 15, 2011

The Weekender

Bourbon, Skiing and Tubas

Thursday

This week, we’re handing you the keys to a Ferrari—and four other
supercars—for a glorious day of racing. Plus, we’re airmailing you a bevy of holiday-appropriate meats from
Robinson’s Prime Reserve for 25% off. And then helping you cook those meats to perfection with the
ingenious iGrill. (We’ll
explain.)

Your First Drink in Patagonia

As an introduction to its new Gold Coast shop, Patagonia welcomes you for drinks, raffles and a DJ. Because
when you’re buying appropriate skiwear, you want to know two things: how it will function on the slopes
and how it will function in Aspen’s finer nightclubs.

Drinking bourbon during the winter. Sure. A solid choice. But you’ll need to eat, too. So you’ll gorge
on five courses of Southern decadence, each paired with a different bourbon, helping you on your long quest
to find a perfect match for bourbon-chocolate bread pudding.

Friday

LODGED

Après-Ski, sans the Skiing

For a skiing party closer to home, the natural choice: Bridgeport. In addition to hot toddies and spiced
ciders, if you say “Icelantic” at the store counter/entrance of this themed party, you’ll get a raffle
ticket for new ski poles. So wear your dress skis just in case you win.

Take some really good craft beer. Then add a lot of pizza. Well, it sounds pretty promising. What you really
need: a Twister tourney with $50 gift certificates for the winners. Finally, that yoga class you took is
going to pay off.

Saturday

Nothing says Christmas like the ornately decorated Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House. Just as long as
it’s stuffed with 400 tuba players puffing out their cheeks in service of your favorite holiday tunes. And
good news: this Saturday, it will be.